CNN Nixes Novak - Aug 05, 2005 - E! Online News

CNN Nixes Novak - Aug 05, 2005 - E! Online News: "CNN Nixes Novak

by Charlie Amter
Aug 5, 2005, 9:05 AM PT

You might expect this kind of language from Mötley Crüe on live television, but surely not Robert Novak.

In fact, of all the people one could expect to drop an 's-bomb' during a live broadcast, the stodgy columnist surely does not rank high on the list.

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But, believe it or not, that's exactly what happened Thursday night on CNN, when Novak swore and walked off the set of Inside Edition, prompting the news network to suspend the regular contributor indefinitely.

'We've asked Mr. Novak to take some time off,' CNN spokeswoman Edie Emery told the Associated Press.

The flack called Novak's behavior 'inexcusable and unacceptable' in a statement and said CNN was apologizing to viewers and that Novak had apologized to the network."